“ekh”!
My name is Ella Katharine Hardin (EKH). A creative, storyteller, graphic designer, and student.
My story isn’t one that’s linear, but has shaped me into the driven creative I am today.
In my experience, the most successful creative projects are ones that leverages strong design principles with tailored strategy.
Current roles
Community Relations Intern @ Cape Fear Community College (CFCC)
CFCC: Leading North Carolina Community College that provides 22,000+ students with associate degrees, dual enrollment certificates, trade school credits, transfer credits to four-year schools, etc.
Accomplishments:
Worked with the Marketing Team to create promotional flyers for new course offerings. Collaborated with multimedia specialist to take pictures for CFCC’s Career Academy, a yearly program that educates local high school and middle school aged students on CFCC career offerings.
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Creative Team Lead @ 1893 Brand Studio
past work history
Graphic Design Intern @ Relias
Relias: A multi-million dollar healthcare company that sells e-learning, continuing education courses, and certificates to healthcare professionals. Relias creates material not only for the Relias Academy platform, but also for partner companies Nurse.com and Wound Care.
Accomplishments:
Worked with the Marketing Creative Team to complete design tickets across multiple departments, including the creation of fact sheets, eBooks, coloring books, digital ads, web graphics, etc.
Collaborated with lead designers to assist multi-million dollar rebrand by providing feedback on new logos, mockups for new photography, and tested various color pallets for ADA accessibility.
Created a brand new image library that serves the entire marketing team that features new assets and imagery that directly relates to the Relias rebrand.
Impact numbers:
I completed 5 fact sheets, that reached approximately 1, 300+ Relias Academy users and prospective users .
I completed 3 coloring pages, that reached approximately 6,000+ wound care specialists.
I completed 13 video ads, that reached 22,000+ nurse.com users and followers via Instagram.
1893 Brand Studio: An advertising agency that operates within The Daily Tar Heel, offering storytelling, design, campaign, social media, web development, and multimedia services to local businesses.
Accomplishments:
Serve as the primary point of contact for design staffers, offering consistent guidance and critique. Create assignments based on client needs that directly support the success of active clients.